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The Phil Bak Podcast

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Jun 17, 2020 • 35min

Nancy Davis: How can investors hedge against inflation?

Nancy Davis, Founder and CIO of Quadratic Capital Management joins the show to talk about her fund and how it can help investors hedge against interest rate and inflation risks. She also talks about the challenges of entrepreneurship and how it has been difficult to brush off rejection in the financial services industry as she continues to tell the story of the fund and how it is designed to help investors.
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Jun 10, 2020 • 33min

Joe Smith: How do you personalize investment portfolios?

Joe Smith, Founder of Parti Pris Investment Partners joins Phil for a conversation about entrepreneurship, direct index and diversity in the asset management industry. Joe discusses his new startup and how they are utilizing technology to deliver customized solutions to financial advisors. Joe and Phil then have a candid discussion about diversity and inclusion in the asset management industry, with Joe recounting his personal experiences and offering ideas for industry improvement in the future.
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Jun 4, 2020 • 33min

Liam Vaughan: Who caused the flash crash?

Liam Vaughan joins the podcast to talk about his recent book Flash Crash: A Trading Savant, a Global Manhunt, and the Most Mysterious Market Crash in History. The conversation includes details on how the flash crash went down, the aftermath and the resulting blame games, Nav Sarao and whether he was scapegoated, the complexity of market structure, and the status of a potential upcoming movie about the events of the flash crash.
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May 29, 2020 • 49min

April Boyle: How do you inspire community entrepreneurship?

April Boyle, Founder and Executive Director of the Build Institute in Detroit, talks about how underestimated entrepreneurs and communities can build lasting wealth and ownership. April discusses Build's mission, why small business is the backbone of communities, and the challenges in getting small business funding. The conversation includes how Detroit companies are surviving the Covid shutdown, the impact of monopolies on small business, and alternative funding sources such as community capital and invisible capital.   Learn more at www.buildinstitute.org
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May 19, 2020 • 45min

Tariq Dennison: What is the Outlook for Asia & EM?

Phil is joined by the "Quant of Asia" Tariq Dennison. Tariq is the Founder of GFM Asset Management based in Hong Kong. Tariq explains what life has been like in Asia since Covid-19 hit, and how Hong Kong in particular has managed to contain the virus. Tariq then shares his outlook on a number of Asian and EM countries and currencies, and explains why he is bearish on gold as an investment.
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May 18, 2020 • 16min

Flash episode: Will the Fed's actions lead to civil unrest?

In this flash episode, Phil talks about ETF classifications, listing rules, and why the Fed's actions will lead to civil unrest.
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May 12, 2020 • 45min

Tony Greer: How does oil trade negative?

Tony Greer from TG Macro and the Morning Navigator Newsletter joins the show to talk global macro, what happened to WTI oil futures and the USO ETF, the dominance of big tech, the airline trade and whether markets are disconnected from the fundamentals.
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May 5, 2020 • 48min

David Abner: What is the digitization of asset management?

David Abner, President of Dabner Capital Markets and former CEO of WisdomTree Europe joins Phil for a wide ranging conversation about the digitization of the asset and wealth management industries, where the puck is heading, and how the world will be changed post-shutdown.
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May 1, 2020 • 18min

Flash episode: Why does Phil hate the Federal Reserve Bank?

In this flash episode, Phil explains everything wrong with the Fed's recent actions.

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